2work
Well Known Member
Mark,s Mega Project
- Thread starter Mka306
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A2Steve
A2OC Donor
Looking good Mark. Seeing as you can paint, I’d suggest painting the side strips that run along the car between the door and the side sills in silver. It’s been done a few times and looks great.
Mka306
A2OC Donor
I was thinking the same thing Steve, just need to work out how to remove them.
Jellybean
A2OC Donor
Or use Chrome tape, no need to remove the straps for that?
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2work
Well Known Member
Evening Mark,
To remove the plastic strips along the bottoms of the doors:
If it indeed these that you’re on about, they are held on with a small Phillips type screw at each end:
Once the screws are removed you’ll notice that strips are still adhered to the door with a rather good quality double sided tape. You’ll need to weaken the adhesive of the tape with your chosen product then slowly pull them away from the door. From memory (so could be wrong here) there is a metal strip inside the plastics strips so try not to bend these items during removal.
Hope that helps, no expert at this as have only done it once before for Paul @greywolfhound (I think).
Kind regards,
Tom
To remove the plastic strips along the bottoms of the doors:
If it indeed these that you’re on about, they are held on with a small Phillips type screw at each end:
Once the screws are removed you’ll notice that strips are still adhered to the door with a rather good quality double sided tape. You’ll need to weaken the adhesive of the tape with your chosen product then slowly pull them away from the door. From memory (so could be wrong here) there is a metal strip inside the plastics strips so try not to bend these items during removal.
Hope that helps, no expert at this as have only done it once before for Paul @greywolfhound (I think).
Kind regards,
Tom
Mka306
A2OC Donor
That's spot on mate, thank you for the heads up, I will give it a go when the paint arrives.
greywolfhound
Member
You did indeed supply me a couple of years ago and very grateful I was ??
Mka306
A2OC Donor
Both the silver paint to colour match the wing mirrors and the red paint to colour match the bodywork are on order, as soon as they arrive and the weather is good enough I will be stripping parts and getting crazy with the spray cans, hopefully in time for the south west get together. Watch this space folks.....
A2Steve
A2OC Donor
Glad to hear I’m not the only one doing a few mods spurred on by Sunday ?
Silverpig
Member
Does the steering wheel fit on without any modifications?
Mka306
A2OC Donor
It's an A2 sport steering wheel with a tt airbag so as far as I'm aware it's a direct swap.
A2Steve
A2OC Donor
If youve been sent the whole wheel with airbag and loom then yes it's a direct fit as per pm.
Silverpig
Member
When you say loom..... is it not just a straight steering wheel swap from one to the other?
A2Steve
A2OC Donor
Yes it is, but for some unknown reason some sellers take the airbag loom off the airbag and send it without. To fit a TT/Sport steering wheel as a bolt on job you need the whole wheel complete with loom. It's plug and play then.
Proghound
Admin Team
Mark, so sad to see this - I've never seen a hinge go before ?
The bad news is, to replace it, that's going to need the interior at the rear of the car from the floor upwards to come completely out in order to allow access under the roof lining, probably the roof liner itself will have to come out.
But the good news is
1) You don't need to be hugely fussy about the colour match of the replacement
2) There's a very good chance that @A2Steve can sort you out with one for next weekend (accessing it is not such an issue on a breaker) and
3) You're already booked to see the man who knows exactly how to get the interior out to replace the hinge on your car when you come to see @timmus at my place next month.
If it had to go, it couldn't have picked a better time really
I have to say though, that's now completely dissuaded me from trying the auto-boot hack - I had been wavering as I wasn't really sure it was going to enrich my life!
The bad news is, to replace it, that's going to need the interior at the rear of the car from the floor upwards to come completely out in order to allow access under the roof lining, probably the roof liner itself will have to come out.
But the good news is
1) You don't need to be hugely fussy about the colour match of the replacement
2) There's a very good chance that @A2Steve can sort you out with one for next weekend (accessing it is not such an issue on a breaker) and
3) You're already booked to see the man who knows exactly how to get the interior out to replace the hinge on your car when you come to see @timmus at my place next month.
If it had to go, it couldn't have picked a better time really
I have to say though, that's now completely dissuaded me from trying the auto-boot hack - I had been wavering as I wasn't really sure it was going to enrich my life!
Proghound
Admin Team
Steve, it's the actual hinge on that side not the gas strut. Do you think you'll be able to get one (or even both) off your breaker as I suggested above?